When it strode onto the scene in 2013, the pop song “Royals” defiantly took over the Billboard Hot 100 and changed the face of that decade’s popular music. New Zealand artist Lorde won two Grammys as a result of the song’s rule, an incredible feat ...

Lorde changed the sound of modern music. With Virgin, she’s stuck in her own head. The action is as spiritual as it is physical: “I might have been born again,” she sings on the opener. The ensuing songs are laden with so many religious references ...

Charli xcx has proved many times over that she has impeccable instincts for her pop niche. She did it again on her buzzy new track “Girl, so confusing”: “One day we might make some music/The Internet would go crazy,” Charli predicted. Of course ...

Lorde isn’t stopping her surprises with the pop-up concert in New York City: This past weekend, she unexpectedly showed up to an Australian nightclub’s party in honor of her. At Sydney venue Mary’s Underground, DJ Xeimma hosted “What Was That: A ...